WEEKEND HIGHLIGHTS

DJAM

“A big-hearted, life-affirming, musically sumptuous film.” The Hollywood Reporter

Bursts of song, dance and rebetika ooze exuberance in Tony Gatlif's DJAM, a celebration of wanderlust and free-spiritedness starring the utterly captivating Daphne Patakia. 

Defiant and lusty Djam lives a stifled existence on the island of Lesvos with her stepfather, who is teetering on financial ruin in the wake of the economic collapse. Tasked with a mission to Istanbul, Djam sets off on a road-trip full of chance encounters, unexpected digressions and sudden musical interludes.

MELBOURNE
Saturday 14 October, 9:15pm
Palace Cinema Como
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SYDNEY
Saturday 14 October, 9:15pm
Palace Norton Street
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FOCUS ON CYPRUS

Two new features from our brothers across the Mediterranean explore coming of age and family ties amid the island's political turmoil.

BOY ON THE BRIDGE

An idyllic childhood crashes up against the realities of the adult world in Petros Charalambous’ dark coming-of-age debut feature set in 1980s Cyprus.

MELBOURNE
Saturday 14 October, 5:00pm
Palace Cinema Como
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SYDNEY
Saturday 14 October, 5:00pm
Palace Norton Street
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THE STORY OF THE GREEN LINE

Panicos Chrissanthou's powerful tale of two Cypriots dislocated from home and family follows two soldiers who find themselves face to face on the ‘Green Line’ of Nicosia.

BRISBANE
Saturday 14 October, 4:00pm
Palace Barracks
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MELBOURNE
Sunday 15 October, 4:30pm
Palace Cinema Como
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THE OTHER ME

Two professors team up to track down a serial killer with a mind for mathematics in Sotiris Tsafoulias’ gripping thriller THE OTHER ME. Dimitris, an autistic Professor of Criminology, must piece together the clues to solve the mystery of five seemingly unrelated murders connected by a common thread.

ADELAIDE
Friday 13 October, 6:30pm
Palace Nova Eastend
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SYDNEY
Sunday 15 October, 9:15pm
Palace Norton Street
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MELBOURNE
Sunday 15 October, 9:15pm
Palace Cinema Como
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